People perform rituals to ward off end of the world predictions.
A shaman takes part in a traditional spiritual ceremony among the ruins at the archaeological site of the Maya civilization of Copan December 20, 2012. This week, at sunrise on Friday, December 21, an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar, an event that has been likened by different groups to the end of days, the start of a new, more spiritual age or a good reason to hang out at old Maya temples across Mexico and Central America.
